Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s Republican colleagues were ready on May 17 to accept the House majority leader’s explanation that he was joking in his private comments last year suggesting that then-candidate Donald Trump was being paid by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump’s Russia ties
Washington Post: Putin paid Trump? Republicans think McCarthy’s statement has to be a joke
This photo taken on May 10, shows a protester holding a placard in front of the White House during a protest demanding an independent investigation in the Trump/Russia ties after the firing of FBI Director James Comey in Washington, DC.
